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Fukuzen-ji is a [[Shingon]] Buddhist temple in [[Tomonoura]], [[Hiroshima prefecture]], famous for its Taichôrô guest room, which hosted [[Korean embassies to Edo]] on a number of occasions.

Fukuzen-ji is a [[Shingon]] Buddhist temple in [[Tomonoura]], [[Hiroshima prefecture]], famous for its Taichôrô guest room, which hosted [[Korean embassies to Edo]] on a number of occasions.

The temple was founded in the [[Heian period]], around [[950]].  

The temple was founded in the [[Heian period]], around [[950]], on the orders of [[Emperor Murakami]].

In the [[Genroku]] era, around [[1690]], a guesthouse was constructed adjacent to, and attached to, the temple's ''hondô'' (main hall). The guestroom is in simple ''[[irimoya]]'' construction,  with 11.8 meter beams, and a tiled roof.

In [[1694]],<ref>Gallery labels, "Taichôrô," Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of History, October 2023.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/53270321503/in/dateposted/]</ref> a guesthouse was constructed adjacent to, and attached to, the temple's ''hondô'' (main hall). The guestroom is in simple ''[[irimoya]]'' construction,  with 11.8 meter beams, and a tiled roof.

[[Yi Bang-eon]], a member of the [[1711]] Korean mission to Edo, famously declared the view of the [[Inland Sea]] from the guesthouse to be the greatest in Japan. A member of the [[1747]] mission, [[Hong Kyung Hae]]<!--洪景海-->, later composed a piece of calligraphy naming the guesthouse "Taichôrô," or "Tower Facing the Tides."

[[Yi Bang-eon]], a member of the [[1711]] Korean mission to Edo, famously declared the view of the [[Inland Sea]] from the guesthouse to be the greatest in Japan. The head of the [[1747]] mission, [[Hong Gyehui]]<!--洪啓禧-->, later named the guesthouse "Taichôrô," or "Tower Facing the Tides."

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